Thanksgiving

 Grandma, Grandpa, Olga, Steve and Karleen came over for Thanksgiving dinner

 We spent a couple of days at the cabin over Thanksgiving weekend.  There was an intense Speed tournament.  In the end it came down to Niel and Camille in the championship, with Niel squeaking out a victory.  Quite exciting!

 We dug up the time capsule that we buried before Grandma and Grandpa's mission.  Each of us had written a letter to ourselves and placed a meaningful item inside.

It was a very fun and relaxing weekend.  It's always nice to be able to spend time with family.

Catching Up -Running Around

At the first of May we ran down to PG for a triple birthday celebration for Kevin, Megan, and Garrett.  We enjoyed chatting, playing and synchronized candle blowing with cousins that we don't see often enough.  Ule came with us and had fun playing games with the cousins.

We have done a lot of running to and in soccer games.  Here are some more soccer pictures.  We've had some pretty exciting games this season.  These pictures aren't necessarily from the most exciting games -sometimes I forget to take pictures when the games get stressful, but here you go:

One more track meet for Kevin -Same result despite strong winds: Third in mile with same time (5:55) and his 4x400 relay team came in first.

 And one more running event to wrap things up -the 3rd annual Shadow Valley 5K. This is the first year it hasn't been pouring rain.  We weren't quite sure what to do. 

 Camille and Matt finished strong at 34 minutes some odd seconds.

We own this place

 I didn't get a picture of Kevin finishing, but he took 13th place overall and 1st in his age division with a time of 20:55.  And, maybe the biggest victory was that he beat his teammate from track who kept beating him and coming in second in the mile.  (His good friend Zach who always wins the mile was signed up to run this race but ended up being out of town -probably a good thing)

 If you look closely at Matt's knees you can see where he skinned them when he wiped out about half-way through.  He kept on going, though, and did an awesome job.  Thanks to Camille for running with him.  Next up for her -The Ogden Half-marathon coming up this Saturday!  Good luck!

Family Pictures

 Love these pictures!

 Love these people!

Timp Cave

Last Friday when the kids were out of school we decided to hike to Timpanogos Cave with Grandma, Grandpa and Megan. It had been years since we'd done it. Scott had only vague memories, and Kevin and Matt had never been. It was a gorgeous day, the canyon was beautiful, and we went early so it was nice and cool.

The kids and their ghost friend inside the cave. Scott told me to pretend this picture was on purpose, but actually my camera was on a goofy setting, and it was too dark to mess with it too much, so I didn't get any great pictures inside the cave.

All of us at the exit.

Pretty fall colors. What a nice way to spend the morning.

Labor Day Weekend at the Cabin

Cousins, Grandma and Grandpa, games, 4-wheelers, cool mountain air, good food, BB guns, more games, laundry facilities for Camille, what more could you ask for?

Cousins!

We haven't seen Niel and Amy's family as much as we'd like since Mom and Dad left. Last Sunday we all got together for dinner and it was great to see everyone. All their kids are getting so tall! We need to get together more often.

Megan and Conner slept over at our house. Camille and Megan had a good time making jewelry since they both missed the Girls Day Out in May when we did beading. Megan made 7 pair of earrings! Camille's either too much of a perfectionist or more creatively challenged :) She made 1 pair and a bracelet!

The next day we went to Willard Bay. The kids had fun swimming, riding wave runners, and being pulled on the tube. It was a gorgeous day -not quite as hot as it's been, but nice and sunny. Everyone got good and worn out.

Cousins, soccer, and singing

On Saturday night we went to the Real Salt Lake soccer game. Niel and Amy's family went, too, so we met for dinner before the game and exchanged a couple of kids so cousins could sit together. It was great to see them.

Matt brought a homemade RSL sign that he waved throughout the game, but the wind blew it away before the end. It was a windy night, but the rain held off for us.

Kevin sat by Niel and Amy's family on the opposite side of the stadium, but I saw them for a second at half time.

David Archuleta sang a few songs after the game was over. That's the part Zander was excited about!

Happy Easter!

Kevin and Matt were my only egg decorators this year! So sad! They made some awesome eggs, though!Notice our fridge has panels (and handles -yay!) on it now. John did a great job on them!

Beautiful!

The annual Easter Egg Hunt at Mommer and Grandpa's house

Kevin and Eric Stoker

Scott hit the Jackpot!

The kids with Kevin Bishop and Eric Stoker

On the way home from Mommer and Grandpa's we stopped at Oak Hills Elementary and Camille and John reminisced. They were sure that everything was much bigger back when they went to school there!